holy

名词 n. 形容词 adj. 感叹词 intj.
/ˈhəʊli/    /ˈhoʊli/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A thing that is extremely holy; used almost exclusively in Holy of Holies. archaic
    — The holy of holies, a cubical space of ten cubits on the side, was separated from the larger antechamber by four columns, which were also covered with gold and stood upon silver sockets; they bore a second curtain of four colors.
形容词 adj.
  1. Dedicated to a religious purpose or a god.
    — I'm planning to visit the holy city of Jerusalem this Christmas.
  2. Revered in a religion.
    — This tree is considered holy in my culture.
  3. Morally perfect or flawless, or nearly so.
    — My grandmother is a very holy woman.
  4. Separated or set apart from (something unto something or someone else).
  5. Set apart or dedicated for a specific purpose, or for use by a single entity or person.
  6. Used as an intensifier in various interjections. slang
    — Holy cow, I can’t believe he actually lost the race!
感叹词 intj.
  1. An expression of astonishment and awe. slang

词形变化

holier comparative holiest superlative holie alternative,archaic hooly alternative,archaic Holy alternative,capitalized 'oly alternative,pronunciation-spelling holie alternative,archaic hooly alternative,archaic Holy alternative,capitalized 'oly alternative,pronunciation-spelling holies plural holie alternative,archaic hooly alternative,archaic Holy alternative,capitalized 'oly alternative,pronunciation-spelling

词汇关系

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by the holy poker court holy bread court holy water Five Holy Wounds for the love of all that is holy holier-than-thou holier than thou Holiness holinight holy balls holy bark holy based holy basil Holy Bible Holy Blood Holy Body holy bone Holy Book Holybourne Holy Bread Holybrook holy bucket holy buckets holy cannoli holy card holy carp holy catfish holy cats Holycaust Holy Church Holy Communion Holy Corner holy cow holy crap holy crap on a cracker holy crap on a stick holy cricket holy crickets Holy Cross Holycross holy cross frog holy crow holy crud holy damn holy day holyday holy day of obligation holy doodle Holy Eucharist Holy Family Holy Father Holyfield holy fire holy flax holy fool Holy Foreskin Holy Friday holy fuck holy fudge holy genocide Holy Ghost holy grail holy grass holy guacamole holy hand grenade holy Hannah Holyhead holy hell holy hour holyish Holy Island holy kamoley holy kamoly Holy Koran Holy Liturgy Holy Loch holy macaroni holy mackerel holy man holy matrimony holy moley holy moly Holy Monday holy Moses Holy Mother Holy Mother Church holy mother of based Holy Mother of God Holyoak holy orders holy piss holy poke Holy Prepuce Holy Quran Holy Qur'an Holy Qurbana Holy Qurbono Holy Qur’an holy ravioli Holy Redeemer Holy Roman Empire holy rood Holyrood holy Sabbath Holy Sacrifice Holy Sacrifice of the Mass Holy Saturday holy Scripture holy Scriptures Holy See Holy Sepulcher Holy Sepulchre holy shamoley holy shit holy shmoly holy show Holy Shroud holy smoke holy smokes holy snakes Holy Spirit holystone holy stromboli Holy Sunday Holy Sunday Church holy synod holy terror Holy Thursday holy Toledo holy Trinity Holy Tuesday holy unblack metal Holy Vedas holy war holy water holy-water sprinkle holy water sprinkler Holy Wednesday Holy Week Holywell Holywood holy writ holy year in the name of all that is holy Mount of the Holy Cross nonholy overholy pope-holy Stoke Holy Cross take holy orders holiest of holies Holy of Holies

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词源 1
From Middle English ali, aly, hale, halege, hali, halȝe, hayly, holi, holia, holie, holiȝ, holy, hooly, oli, oly, wholy, woly, from Old English hāleġ, hāliġ (“holy, sacred; healthy, sound”), from Proto-West Germanic *hailag, from Proto-Germanic *hailagaz (“holy, sacred”), from Proto-Germanic *hailaz (“healthy; whole”), from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos (“intact, whole; complete; hale, healthy, sound”), equivalent to whole + -y and a doublet of later wholly.
Cognates
Cognate with Scots halie, haly (“holy”), Yola holly, holy (“holy”), Saterland Frisian helig (“holy”), Alemannic German, Dutch, and German heilig (“holy, sacred”), Cimbrian hòolig (“holy”), Luxembourgish helleg (“holy”), Vilamovian haeliḱ, haliky, hȧlikjy, hǡliḱ (“holy”), Yiddish הייליק (heylik, “holy”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål hellig (“holy”), Faroese heilagur (“holy”), Icelandic heilagur, helgur (“holy”), Norwegian Nynorsk heilag, heilag’u (“holy”), Swedish helig (“holy”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌲𐍃 (hailags, “holy”); also Latin cael, caelus, caelum, coelus, coelum (“heaven; sky; climate, weather”), Belarusian цэ́лы (cély, “entire, whole”), Bulgarian цял (cjal, “entire, full, intact, whole; real, regular, veritable”), Czech and Slovak celý (“whole”), Macedonian цел (cel, “entire, whole”), Polish cały (“entire, whole”), Russian це́лый (célyj, “entire, whole”), Serbo-Croatian це̏о, ци̏јел, ци̏о, cȅo, cȉjel, cȉo (“entire, whole”), Slovene cel (“whole”), Ukrainian ці́лий (cílyj, “entire, whole”). More at whole.
词源 2
From Middle English ali, aly, hale, halege, hali, halȝe, hayly, holi, holia, holie, holiȝ, holy, hooly, oli, oly, wholy, woly, from Old English hāleġ, hāliġ (“holy, sacred; healthy, sound”), from Proto-West Germanic *hailag, from Proto-Germanic *hailagaz (“holy, sacred”), from Proto-Germanic *hailaz (“healthy; whole”), from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos (“intact, whole; complete; hale, healthy, sound”), equivalent to whole + -y and a doublet of later wholly.
Cognates
Cognate with Scots halie, haly (“holy”), Yola holly, holy (“holy”), Saterland Frisian helig (“holy”), Alemannic German, Dutch, and German heilig (“holy, sacred”), Cimbrian hòolig (“holy”), Luxembourgish helleg (“holy”), Vilamovian haeliḱ, haliky, hȧlikjy, hǡliḱ (“holy”), Yiddish הייליק (heylik, “holy”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål hellig (“holy”), Faroese heilagur (“holy”), Icelandic heilagur, helgur (“holy”), Norwegian Nynorsk heilag, heilag’u (“holy”), Swedish helig (“holy”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌲𐍃 (hailags, “holy”); also Latin cael, caelus, caelum, coelus, coelum (“heaven; sky; climate, weather”), Belarusian цэ́лы (cély, “entire, whole”), Bulgarian цял (cjal, “entire, full, intact, whole; real, regular, veritable”), Czech and Slovak celý (“whole”), Macedonian цел (cel, “entire, whole”), Polish cały (“entire, whole”), Russian це́лый (célyj, “entire, whole”), Serbo-Croatian це̏о, ци̏јел, ци̏о, cȅo, cȉjel, cȉo (“entire, whole”), Slovene cel (“whole”), Ukrainian ці́лий (cílyj, “entire, whole”). More at whole.
词源 3
From Middle English ali, aly, hale, halege, hali, halȝe, hayly, holi, holia, holie, holiȝ, holy, hooly, oli, oly, wholy, woly, from Old English hāleġ, hāliġ (“holy, sacred; healthy, sound”), from Proto-West Germanic *hailag, from Proto-Germanic *hailagaz (“holy, sacred”), from Proto-Germanic *hailaz (“healthy; whole”), from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos (“intact, whole; complete; hale, healthy, sound”), equivalent to whole + -y and a doublet of later wholly.
Cognates
Cognate with Scots halie, haly (“holy”), Yola holly, holy (“holy”), Saterland Frisian helig (“holy”), Alemannic German, Dutch, and German heilig (“holy, sacred”), Cimbrian hòolig (“holy”), Luxembourgish helleg (“holy”), Vilamovian haeliḱ, haliky, hȧlikjy, hǡliḱ (“holy”), Yiddish הייליק (heylik, “holy”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål hellig (“holy”), Faroese heilagur (“holy”), Icelandic heilagur, helgur (“holy”), Norwegian Nynorsk heilag, heilag’u (“holy”), Swedish helig (“holy”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌲𐍃 (hailags, “holy”); also Latin cael, caelus, caelum, coelus, coelum (“heaven; sky; climate, weather”), Belarusian цэ́лы (cély, “entire, whole”), Bulgarian цял (cjal, “entire, full, intact, whole; real, regular, veritable”), Czech and Slovak celý (“whole”), Macedonian цел (cel, “entire, whole”), Polish cały (“entire, whole”), Russian це́лый (célyj, “entire, whole”), Serbo-Croatian це̏о, ци̏јел, ци̏о, cȅo, cȉjel, cȉo (“entire, whole”), Slovene cel (“whole”), Ukrainian ці́лий (cílyj, “entire, whole”). More at whole.
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